Hot drinks in cold weather: they do more than warm the bones

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Hot drinks in cold weather: they do more than warm the bones

05 Nov 2005

With the winter winds just over the horizon, three popular hot drinks

will not only warm you up, but could also heat up your immune system

and possibly help prevent certain ailments.

Chemists have found that coffee is the number one source of

antioxidants in the U.S. diet; hot cocoa contains more antioxidants

per cup than tea or red wine, which provide substantial doses; and

chamomile tea, the popular herbal drink, may actually help relieve a

wide range of health ailments, including colds and menstrual cramps.

The cocoa and chamomile papers appeared in the Journal of

Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

Researchers:

Coffee, Joe A. Vinson, Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton

Hot cocoa, Chang Yong Lee, Chang Yong Lee, Ph.D., Department of Food

Science, Cornell University

Chamomile, Elaine Holmes, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College

London

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